Karnataka has emerged as India’s No.1 state in terms of installed solar power capacity overtaking early leaders such as Gujarat and Rajasthan, according to the latest numbers from the Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. According to these numbers, the south Indian state accounted for almost a whopping 19% of India’s total […]
India has a whopping 77.17 gigawatt of renewalble power generation capacity either under implementation or in the process of being allocated for implementation, according to data from the ministry of new and renewable energy, Government of India. This is equal to about 83% of India’s total renewable energy capacity of 93 GW in place as […]
Adani Welspun Exploration Ltd. (AWEL), a joint venture between the Adani Group and Mumbai-based Welspun Enterprises Ltd, announced its first ever gas discovery in a NELP-VII block Tapti-Daman Sector of Mumbai Offshore basin. Known as MB-OSN-2005/2, the 714.6 sq.km block is located in an area where production is already underway by other operators. The block […]
Government of India on Monday said India does not have any known deposits of silica suitable for producing solar panels. The statement comes in the wake of concerns of dependency on China for meeting India’s renewable energy needs. Solar panels are made from thinly cut wafers of crystalline silicon, which is produced by purifying metallurgical […]
GAIL (India) Limited, India’s largest pipeline operator, said it has taken a 5% stake in Indian Gas Exchange or IGX. It is not clear whether the investment is into fresh shares or whether the purchase is those of shares belonging to an existing shareholder. However, GAIL said it signed a share purchase and shareholders agreement […]
Tata Power said it has won a Rs 488 cr order from Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd to put up a 110 megawatt solar power project in the southern Indian state. The power plant, which has the capacity to produce 110 million watts of electricity, is expected to generate about 274 million units of power […]
Tata Power Renewable Energy, a unit of Tata Power, has been awarded a contract to supply solar electricity to Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co for a period of 25 years. State and central power utilities award such contracts by conducting a bidding process in which companies are expected to offer their cheapest rate for supplying […]
Reliance Industries, one of India’s biggest conglomerates, said it has become debt free on a net basis, meaning that it now owes less money to its creditors than it stands to receive from its debtors. This, it said, is thanks largely to the Rs 1.16 lakh cr that it has raised for a range of […]
A new study report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) finds that almost 70 per cent of India’s coal-fired power plants will not meet revised emission standards that come into effect in two years. The norms were set in December 2015 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). “Even after seven […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, India’s largest electrical equipment maker, said it has won a contract to supply electric buses for the Gorakhpur airport. A new airport for the Uttar Pradesh city, spread over 300 acres, will be set up on the Gorakhpur-Varanasi highway. At present, there is a small airport at Gorakhpur which is serviced […]
Tata Power said its solar unit has got a Rs 1,505 cr contract to set up a 250 megawatt solar power plant for India’s largest power producer NTPC. The contract, the biggest ever to be received by the company from an external customer, has to be completed in 20 months. With this order, the order […]
India’s junior minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Jitendra Singh, today said the government was still hopeful of signing a deal to set up a massive, 7.2 GW nuclear power plant in partnership with US-based Westinghouse Electric. Singh, who was responding to a question in the parliament today, said Westinghouse’s bankruptcy delayed proceedings, but […]
Demand for power declined in the spot market during September 2019 compared to the same month last year, according to numbers released by Indian Energy Exchange, the biggest power exchange in the country. All India peak demand fell to 173 gigawatt from 175.6 gw in the same month last year. Similarly, energy met fell by […]
NTPC Ltd, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation, took another step in its journey towards reducing its dependence on coal-fired plants by signing an agreement to develop two hydropower stations with a combined capacity of 520 MW. The two projects, for which NTPC has signed agreements with the Himachal Pradesh government, can be classified […]
India’s oil and gas major ONGC Ltd said it is in the process of investing Rs 83,000 cr in various projects that will boost its oil and gas output. Shashi Shanker said the investment of Rs 83,000 crore rupees will be done via 25 projects. “15 of these projects currently under execution will directly contribute […]
Close on the order for erection of turbine generator for the new units of Koodankulam Power Project, state-owned capital goods giant Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said it has also won the order for erecting reactor side equipment for the same. Against a value of Rs 440 cr for the June order, this one is […]
India has missed its solar power target by a whopping 58% in the year gone by, according to the latest numbers from the ministry of renewable energy or MNRE. India was supposed to add about 16,000 megawatt (16 gigawatt) of fresh solar power generation capacity in the year ended March 2019. However, it added only […]
Government of India owned construction and manufacturing firm Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said it received an order worth Rs 440 crore from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for the erection work of the upcoming 2×1000 Megawatt Turbine Generator (TG) island units at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu. BHEL also emerged […]
UltraTech Cement Limited, the largest manufacturer of grey cement, white cement and ready-mix concrete in India, said it plans to increase the contribution of green energy to 25 per cent of its total power consumption by 2021. More than 10% of the total power will come from renewable energy sources, it added. This will mean […]
State owned oil and gas company Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) said that it has entered into a joint venture with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) for the implementation and operation for a 2,757-km long LPG pipeline from Kandla, Gujarat to Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. While Indian Oil Corporation will […]
